On like Donkey Kong: Co-hosting “The Independents” tonight on Fox Business

posted at 8:11 pm on June 11, 2014 by Mary Katharine Ham

I’m co-hosting “The Independents” on Fox Business at 9 p.m. tonight, subbing for the lovely and totally rad Kennedy. Today’s Me is honored and excited, and somewhere, 1994 Mary Katharine is all SQUEE.

Find out how many detainees Ron Paul would have released for Bergdahl! Who does Rep. Justin Amash like for leadership? See Chris Moody’s hair! And, I get my own segment— “Going HAM.” Because I’m hard. Obvi. Matt Welch runs down the show.

As befits tradition, Red Meat Wednesday is back with a KABOOM! (Don’t ask how red meat explodes, just work with me.) Kicking off the show is the right honorable libertarian gentleman Ron Paul, who will likely talk about how much he misses Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va., though not for long), and also what we’ve learned from today’s Bowe Bergdahl congressional hearings with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Batting second is Yahoo News political reporter Chris Moody, who will hopefully unravel the mystery of who is David Brat, and why exactly did he win. Cleanup is Ron Paul 2.0 Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), who knows a thing or two about running primary elections against the Chamber of Commerce. And rounding out the Cantor-Commentary is FreedomWorks President/CEO Matt Kibbe, who will exclusively reveal whether he had to Google how to pronounce Brat’s name correctly last night.

In the meantime, please enjoy this very important debate from last night’s “Red Eye” on toys of the ’80s during which we discover only I was actually a child of the ’80s. So, you should only trust me. Click to watch this all-estrogen panel (Hi, Andy):

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Nothing beats what I got for Christmas when I was 8. A Johnny Reb Cannon that fired a round plastic cannon ball and Mattel Thompson sub machine gun that fired roll caps.

I had the Sgt Stryker army helmet and cap gun .45. I was THE best tricked out play war fighter on my block.

I can still smell the roll caps after unleashing a full burst of 20 rounds. Smoke hanging in the air… the look on my friends faces as I swept them while firing…. It was a harbinger of things to come when I reached adulthood and the money to buy the real deal.

am interested in all the states who have Dept. of Children’s Services that are so flush with money and personnel that they can take care of tens of thousands of non citizen children. Cindy Munford on June 11, 2

As I understand it, it’s not State money. It’s Fed money going to private contractors. At least in this case. It would be fed money for the military bases, too.

I’ll let the folks who are 17 billion in debt being financially responsible but they can’t keep them on bases forever. They will be accused of imprisoning them. Now there is nothing I like better than The Won falling flat on his face but I don’t want kids hurt. The sooner they go home, the better.

Sigh. For the record, my job at HotAir requires me to post about 10 blog posts a week. There are reasons for that. One, I’m a new mom who negotiated a contract that would allow me to take care of my child. Two, I do a ton of other things, including radio appearances and 3-5 TV appearances a week promoting HotAir. Three, as such, I was never meant to serve in the same capacity as Allah or Ed or Erika have faithfully and tirelessly served the site (and I love them for it!). This has always been clear to Allah, Ed, and Erika, but is apparently unclear to some of our readers. So, there it is. If you have a problem with it, take it up with my boss. And my daughter, who might be tougher than my boss.

Sigh. For the record, my job at HotAir requires me to post about 10 blog posts a week. There are reasons for that. One, I’m a new mom who negotiated a contract that would allow me to take care of my child. Two, I do a ton of other things, including radio appearances and 3-5 TV appearances a week promoting HotAir. Three, as such, I was never meant to serve in the same capacity as Allah or Ed or Erika have faithfully and tirelessly served the site (and I love them for it!). This has always been clear to Allah, Ed, and Erika, but is apparently unclear to some of our readersreader. So, there it is. If you have a problem with it, take it up with my boss. And my daughter, who might be tougher than my boss.

Mary Katharine Ham on June 11, 2014 at 11:13 PM

Could you use your vast influence to suggest that Red Eye should be on earlier? I’m old.

Sigh. For the record, my job at HotAir requires me to post about 10 blog posts a week. There are reasons for that. One, I’m a new mom who negotiated a contract that would allow me to take care of my child. Two, I do a ton of other things, including radio appearances and 3-5 TV appearances a week promoting HotAir. Three, as such, I was never meant to serve in the same capacity as Allah or Ed or Erika have faithfully and tirelessly served the site (and I love them for it!). This has always been clear to Allah, Ed, and Erika, but is apparently unclear to some of our readers. So, there it is. If you have a problem with it, take it up with my boss. And my daughter, who might be tougher than my boss.

Mary Katharine Ham on June 11, 2014 at 11:13 PM

I’m ashamed that you even had to post this. Social tact and common courtesy is missing in some of our posters.

Sigh. For the record, my job at HotAir requires me to post about 10 blog posts a week. There are reasons for that. One, I’m a new mom who negotiated a contract that would allow me to take care of my child. Two, I do a ton of other things, including radio appearances and 3-5 TV appearances a week promoting HotAir. Three, as such, I was never meant to serve in the same capacity as Allah or Ed or Erika have faithfully and tirelessly served the site (and I love them for it!). This has always been clear to Allah, Ed, and Erika, but is apparently unclear to some of our readers. So, there it is. If you have a problem with it, take it up with my boss. And my daughter, who might be tougher than my boss.

Mary Katharine Ham on June 11, 2014 at 11:13 PM

MKH:

God Bless you Hammer,…..and don’t let the NEGATIVITY,
in any form, get to you.

MKH, do NOT let other’s misery intrude upon you. We, most of us, are very appreciative of what you do, how you do it and what you have to say! You are one busy lady, and if some can not appreciate that, then they know what they (and you *hammer* ) can do…

Personally, I enjoy MKH when she fights Billbo on the Factor. Some common sense is lost in the race to become the most fuddy duddy of all talkers on the right. She brings what is sorely lacking otherwise.

Red Eye is the best show on Fox, but lately Gutfield has been annoying is his desire to be cool by not being cool.

Anyway, don’t see many posts from you on here. Glad to see you’re being kept busy!

bluegill on June 11, 2014 at 8:25 PM
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No you’re not, you are excruciatingly obviously jealous and it is hysterical.

Cindy Munford on June 11, 2014 at 8:29 PM

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You need to get your perceptions straightened out. MKH posts here very infrequently. I had high expectations when she started, but she has seemed to post the least frequently of all the bloggers. Sorry if my comment wasn’t sycophant enough for you.
bluegill on June 11, 2014 at 8:35 PM
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Yeah, the b!tch is a slacker! I’m sure she is as devastated that you don’t approve of how she spends her time between television appearance.

Cindy Munford on June 11, 2014 at 8:41 PM

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Sigh. For the record, my job at HotAir requires me to post about 10 blog posts a week. There are reasons for that. One, I’m a new mom who negotiated a contract that would allow me to take care of my child. Two, I do a ton of other things, including radio appearances and 3-5 TV appearances a week promoting HotAir. Three, as such, I was never meant to serve in the same capacity as Allah or Ed or Erika have faithfully and tirelessly served the site (and I love them for it!). This has always been clear to Allah, Ed, and Erika, but is apparently unclear to some of our readers reader. So, there it is. If you have a problem with it, take it up with my boss. And my daughter, who might be tougher than my boss.

Mary Katharine Ham on June 11, 2014 at 11:13 PM

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I thought that it was apparent to all, what MKH’s capacity would be at Hotair. The fact that she is still doing “radio appearances and 3-5 TV appearances a week”, while simultaneously being a new mother and writing two news posts a day (occasionally only only one) is pretty darn good by anyone’s measure.
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It appears bluegill has “left the building”, since Cindy’s 8:41 PM comment, so she may have missed your reply, Mary.